Dr Belinda Cornes Email
Telephone: +61 7 3362 0286
Facsimile: +61 7 3362 0101
Email: belleC@qimrberghofer.edu.au

Please contact Dr Belinda Cornes for more information and a complete list of publications.

Publications
2013
 Lu Y, Vitart V, Burdon KP, Khor CC, Bykhovskaya Y, Mirshahi A, Hewitt AW, Koehn D, Hysi PG, Ramdas WD, Zeller T, Vithana EN, Cornes BK, Tay WT, Tai ES, Cheng CY, Liu J, Foo JN, Saw SM, Thorleifsson G, Stefansson K, Dimasi DP, Mills RA, Mountain J, Ang W, Hoehn R, Verhoeven VJ, Grus F, Wolfs R, Castagne R, Lackner KJ, Springelkamp H, Yang J, Jonasson F, Leung DY, Chen LJ, Tham CC, Rudan I, Vatavuk Z, Hayward C, Gibson J, Cree AJ, MacLeod A, Ennis S, Polasek O, Campbell H, Wilson JF, Viswanathan AC, Fleck B, Li X, Siscovick D, Taylor KD, Rotter JI, Yazar S, Ulmer M, Li J, Yaspan BL, Ozel AB, Richards JE, Moroi SE, Haines JL, Kang JH, Pasquale LR, Allingham RR, Ashley-Koch A, NEIGHBOR Consortium, Mitchell P, Wang JJ, Wright AF, Pennell C, Spector TD, Young TL, Klaver CC, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Anderson MG, Aung T, Willoughby CE, Wiggs JL, Pang CP, Thorsteinsdottir U, Lotery AJ, Hammond CJ, van Duijn CM, Hauser MA, Rabinowitz YS, Pfeiffer N, Mackey DA, Craig JE, Macgregor S, Wong TY: Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus. Nature Genetics 45:155-163, 2013 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2011
 Vink JM, Boomsma DI, Medland SE, de Moor MH, Stubbe JH, Cornes BK, Martin NG, Skytthea A, Kyvik KO, Rose RJ, Kujala UM, Kaprio J, Harris JR, Pedersen NL, Cherkas L, Spector TD, de Geus EJ: Variance components models for physical activity with age as modifier: a comparative twin study in seven countries. Twin Research and Human Genetics 14(1):25-34, 2011 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2009
 Cornes BK, Lind PA, Medland SE, Montgomery GW, Nyholt DR, Martin NG: Replication of the association of common rs9939609 variant of FTO with increased BMI in an Australian adult twin population but no evidence for gene by environment (G x E) interaction. International Journal of Obesity 33:75-79, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Cornes BK, Medland SE, Lind PA, Nyholt DR, Montgomery GW, Martin NG: Genetic Variation in Female BMI Increases with Number of Children Born but Failure to Replicate Association between GNbeta3 Variants and Increased BMI in Parous Females. Twin Research and Human Genetics 12(3):276-285, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Kettunen J, Perola M, Martin NG, Cornes BK, Wilson SG, Montgomery GW, Benyamin B, Harris JR, Boomsma D, Willemsen G, Hottenga JJ, Slagboom PE, Christensen K, Kyvik KO, Sørensen TI, Pedersen NL, Magnusson PK, Andrew T, Spector TD, Widen E, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J, Palotie A, Peltonen L, GenomEUtwin-project: Multicenter dizygotic twin cohort study confirms two linkage susceptibility loci for body mass index at 3q29 and 7q36 and identifies three further potential novel loci. International Journal of Obesity 33:1235-1242, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2008
 Benyamin B, Perola M, Cornes BK, Madden PA, Palotie A, Nyholt DR, Montgomery GW, Peltonen L, Martin NG, Visscher PM: Within-family outliers: segregating alleles or environmental effects? A linkage analysis of height from 5815 sibling pairs. European Journal of Human Genetics 16(4):516-524, 2008 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Hur YM, Kaprio J, Iacono WG, Boomsma DI, McGue M, Silventoinen K, Martin NG, Luciano M, Visscher PM, Rose RJ, He M, Ando J, Ooki S, Nonaka K, Lin CC, Lajunen HR, Cornes BK, Bartels M, van Beijsterveldt CE, Cherny SS, Mitchell K: Genetic influences on the difference in variability of height, weight and body mass index between Caucasian and East Asian adolescent twins. International Journal of Obesity 32:1455-1467, 2008 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2007
 Cornes BK, Zhu G, Martin NG: Sex differences in genetic variation in weight: a longitudinal study of body mass index in adolescent twins. Behavior Genetics 37(5):648-660, 2007 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2006
 Visscher PM, Medland SE, Ferreira MA, Morley KI, Zhu G, Cornes BK, Montgomery GW, Martin NG: Assumption-Free Estimation of Heritability from Genome-Wide Identity-by-Descent Sharing between Full Siblings. PLoS Genetics 2(3):316-325, 2006 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Macgregor S, Cornes BK, Martin NG, Visscher PM: Bias, precision and heritability of self-reported and clinically measured height in Australian twins. Human Genetics 120(4):571-580, 2006 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Stubbe JH, Boomsma DI, Vink JM, Cornes BK, Martin NG, Skytthe A, Kyvik KO, Rose RJ, Kujala UM, Kaprio J, Harris JR, Pedersen NL, Hunkin J, Spector TD, de Geus EJ: Genetic influences on exercise participation in 37,051 twin pairs from seven countries. PLoS ONE 1: 2006 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2005
 Cornes BK, Medland SE, Ferreira MA, Morley KI, Duffy DL, Heijmans BT, Montgomery GW, Martin NG: Sex-limited genome-wide linkage scan for Body Mass Index in an unselected sample of 933 Australian twin families. Twin Research and Human Genetics 8(6):616-632, 2005 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2003
 Silventoinen K, Sammalisto S, Perola M, Boomsma DI, Cornes BK, Davis C, Dunkel L, De Lange M, Harris JR, Hjelmborg JV, Luciano M, Martin NG, Mortensen J, Nisticò L, Pedersen NL, Skytthe A, Spector TD, Stazi MA, Willemsen G, Kaprio J: Heritability of adult body height: a comparative study of twin cohorts in eight countries. Twin Research 6(5):399-408, 2003 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Schousboe K, Willemsen G, Kyvik KO, Mortensen J, Boomsma DI, Cornes BK, Davis CJ, Fagnani C, Hjelmborg J, Kaprio J, De Lange M, Luciano M, Martin NG, Pedersen N, Pietiläinen KH, Rissanen A, Saarni S, Sørensen TI, Van Baal GC, Harris JR: Sex differences in heritability of BMI: a comparative study of results from twin studies in eight countries. Twin Research 6(5):409-421, 2003 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]